I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 158
The Great Nemea Forest, located in the south of the Corinth region, is like a natural dividing line between the Argos region and the Corinth region.

Roy, Harmonia, and Glaucus spent the night in the Nemea Forest with [-] soldiers. On the second day, they passed through the Nemea Forest and came to Argos. outside of Mycenae in the northern part of the region.

The city of Mycenae is located on the Acropolis Hill between Mount Chara and Mount Elias. Not only does it have the advantage of being commanding, but it is also surrounded by the two mountains. Its plane shape is roughly triangular.

In the history of another world, Mycenae built a city wall eight meters high and five meters thick with huge stones during the glorious period when it dominated the Peloponnese Peninsula.

The current city of Mycenae is just a new city built ten years ago, with walls only two meters high and one meter thick.

On the northwest side of the city of Mycenae, there is a magnificent gate with triangular stone carvings on the lintel, engraved with two leaping lions, so this gate is also called the Lion Gate.

Roy led the army to the foot of the Acropolis, but did not directly attack the city of Mycenae.

Because the city of Mycenae on the Acropolis Hill has the advantage of being easy to defend and difficult to attack, attacking the city of Mycenae will only sacrifice the lives of soldiers in vain.

In order for the Mycenaeans to take the initiative to respond, Roy asked his soldiers to block the road below the Acropolis, so that people inside the city could not leave Mycenae, and people outside the city could not enter Mycenae.

Mycenae.

Palace of Acrisios.

At this time, all the important people in the city gathered in the palace hall.

Acrisios, king of Mycenae, sat on his throne and spoke to the people sitting in the hall.

"The city of Mycenae is blocked by the enemy, now you all have to express your opinions!"

Acrisios' younger brother, King Protos of Tirens, said immediately.

"Dear brother! Our enemy is too arrogant to take the initiative to attack us Mycenaeans. I think we should teach the enemy a painful lesson."

Seeing that Acrisius did not agree with Protus's proposal, Perseus also expressed his thoughts.

"Dear grandfather, we have lost five hundred soldiers in Corinth, and hundreds of wounded soldiers have not recovered, so I think we should avoid war with the enemy."

After Perseus finished speaking, other people in the hall accused Perseus of being a coward.

"Perseus, you really are only half a Mycenaean."

"A coward like you is not worthy to be our prince."

"As the grandson of Acrisios, you should be a brave hero."

Seeing that no one agreed with Perseus' proposal, Acrisios shouted in disappointment and anger.

"Are you foolish, arrogant people our enemy or you? After we Mycenaeans migrated to the Peloponnese, we soon conquered the entire Argos region. Do you really think that we The Sinnians are stronger than the natives? Do you stupid guys really not understand? We were able to conquer the Argives easily in the past because most of our soldiers used bronze weapons, and the Argives mostly used wooden weapons. Spears. If both sides use the same weapons, the Mycenaean soldiers will not be stronger than our enemies. Now open your eyes and see that the enemy outside the city has at least a thousand soldiers with bronze weapons. This is what we can easily The defeated enemy? The enemy outside the city has made us fail in the war to conquer Corinth, and you dare to underestimate our enemy."

After Acrisios finished speaking, everyone in the hall fell silent.

After a moment.

Protos broke the silence and said solemnly.

"Dear brother! The enemy outside the city is indeed the most powerful enemy we have encountered since we came to the Peloponnese Peninsula. If the enemy did not come to attack us, I would also oppose taking the initiative to launch a war against them. Now it is The enemy's blockade of our city of Mycenae is not because we take the initiative to launch a war against the enemy. Are we going to send envoys to seek peace with our enemies?"

Acrisios said without hesitation.

"I do intend to make peace with the enemy."

Seeing the unbelievable expressions of everyone, including Perseus, Acrisius continued.

"If we go to war with the enemy outside the city, the result will only be a loss for both sides, and we will lose the opportunity to develop and grow in the Peloponnese Peninsula. Endure temporary humiliation in exchange for peace, and we can conquer the Arcadia region, Those mountain people who worship the goddess Artemis will be vulnerable in front of us."

The Acadians in the Acadian region are not only small in number, but also have a very backward civilization. The weapons they use are basically wooden spears and wooden bows and arrows.

If the Mycenaeans choose to go to war with Loy's army, they will not only suffer huge casualties, but also lose the opportunity to grow stronger.

If the Mycenaeans choose to endure temporary humiliation, they will be able to reduce the dimensionality of the Acadians, who are backward in civilization, and easily conquer the Acadian region.

In the history of another world, Rakshasa faced the same choice.

In the end, the ruler of the Raksha Kingdom did not choose to fight to the death with the powerful enemy in the west, because in the end, the Raksha Kingdom would not only fail to grow, but would also have the possibility of subjugation.

Because when the Raksha Kingdom could not defeat the west, it chose to carry out a war of conquest against the backward civilizations in the east. In the end, the Raksha Kingdom developed into the country with the largest territory in the world.

The deeds of the Raksha Kingdom have proved that when there are both strong neighbors and weak neighbors around, it is the most wise choice to conquer the weak neighbors first and strengthen oneself.

As a wise ruler, Acrisios made the same choice as the ruler of Rakshasa.

After listening to Acrisios' explanation, the others stopped objecting, after all, they were not fools.

Seeing no objection, Acrisius addressed Pelops.

"Pelops! I want you to negotiate with the enemy as an envoy. Are you willing to accept this task?"

Pelops immediately stood up and said.

"Dear grandfather! As a member of the Mycenaeans, I am willing to negotiate with the enemies outside the city as an envoy."

After half an hour.

The Lion's Gate in Mycenae opened, and Pelops rode out of the city on a horse.

If the enemies outside the city were not willing to negotiate, Pelops could flee back to Mycenae on horseback to avoid being captured by the enemy.

Pelops came to the foot of the Acropolis on horseback and learned that he was the envoy of the negotiation. Roy brought Harmonia and Glaucus to Pelops and said.

"Pelops! In order to fight against you Mycenaeans, our city of Corinth, Athens, and Thebes have formed an alliance of three goddesses. This war was started by the Mycenaeans, and now the Mycenaeans want to end it War, King Acrisius of Mycenae must take a sacred oath before us, promising that the Mycenaeans will not wage war against the League of Three Goddesses again."

(End of this chapter)